The Parent OpportunityThe Parent Opportunity
Right now, we have millions of parents shouldered up to their children trying to help them do school. I’m reading a fair share of both funny and sad accounts of
Category: Change
School as FictionSchool as Fiction
I’ve been expending a lot of bandwidth lately reading and thinking about the meta story of school, not just the history of the system and of pedagogy, but, more specifically,
Out of the Mouths…Out of the Mouths…
As 2018 winds down, I’m thinking back at what I heard kids saying about schools and education. A few quick stories… Early in the year in Sydney, a woman with
On Learning and Common SenseOn Learning and Common Sense
As I continue my trek through some of the “classics” regarding learning and schools, I’m finding it interesting the belief systems that many authors take pains to articulate when it
Zen and the Art of School ChangeZen and the Art of School Change
About a week ago I grabbed Zen and Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig off my bookshelf and cracked it open for the first time since I first read it